Saturday, March 23, 2013

A series of intense storms in the Arctic has caused fracturing of the
sea ice around the Beaufort Sea along the northern coasts of Alaska and
Canada.
High-resolution imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the
evolution of the cracks forming in the ice, called leads, from February
17 -- March 18 2013.
The general circulation of the area is seen moving
the ice westward along the Alaskan coast.